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jmni, thank you... I appreciate that. Everything with my roommate is actually working out really well. It was just my horrible initial worry and anxiety I needed help with. Which would have been better supported by a gentler, less triggering supportive environment, than stating that I'm pretty...

Alright. I'll show this thread to my therapist and try to figure this out. Thank you. Edited to add: I appreciate the responses. I find this forum to be quite harsh, and not as gentle as some of my favorite support forums, like isurvive. In fact it was my first impression of Myptsd, before I...

Bell, thank you. I get it from our interaction, from the things she asks me about my life, and the advice that she inadvertently gives me. Questions like, "What did you do today?" and "Do you think you had a productive day today?". The unasked advice examples are, saying while intently looking...

Since to have a roommate is to have a relationship, I thought this needed to be posted here. My question has to do with psychological implications of having a roommate. Let's say that you are both great at cleaning, paying the bills, and being respectful of one another. Now that that is out...

Thank you. I was looking for a way to delete my previous comment, because everything shifted. In the morning I did make it a point to tell her that constant communication with my roommate is essential to my well-being. It wasn't necessary to reveal to her that having lived with a manipulative...

Sorry I really don't have energy to reply to all those questions right now :( It just adds to the stress of not being able to explain what it is like to be highly in tune with people's emotions/empathic/highly sensitive, and it adds to the loneliness and the feeling of being judged that I...

If I don't get this out, I won't sleep well tonight :( Sorry if it doesn't make sense. Note: I have two interviews coming up. After months of procrastinating of looking for a new roommate (horrible previous experience, and anxiety of sharing my space and demons with someone), I've found the...

i identify on so many levels...

Can people here help me make a list of jobs where you can be your own boss and actually make money? For those of us with crippling anxiety around authority figures, it could come in handy. Taxi/Livery/Limousine Driver Owning a Business Webcam Modeling (can be risky and/or triggering)...

Thank you for your support, rightkindofme! That makes total sense, and I believe that passing a self-defense course is required as part of getting a license, here in the city. I feel a bit safer knowing that I'd be driving other women, exclusively. There was a recent news article about a new...

Should I feel ashamed or embarrassed to be considering this route? I live in a major city. I could earn a lot of money and create actual savings. There's going to be a positive change here in regards to female taxi drivers. I'm battling two demons at once: anger at myself for not having a...

Sorry, I don't have pointers... I just wanted to remark on how moving your compassion for her is. You sound like a really wonderful person. From your 3rd "Realization", it's obvious that this situation is taking a toll on you and that maybe your self-care is overdue. I wonder if it would be ok...

Hoping that someone could reply to this. I work in an office doing clerical and some very simple financial work. Been here for two years. I feel I'm capable of so much more, yet I'm just wasting away here. I do at least two mistakes a day, with a gentle reprimanding by my boss each time. It's...

Miss Isolated, I identify with you so much. I was molested too. Can I share something. I was a virgin until last year. I'm now 32. If you had asked me, when I was 28 - if I imagined myself EVER being able to have a healthy relationship, of ever having friends, of feeling good about myself, of...

I can't do this for some reason. Hopefully, not yet. I know next to nothing about time management and it scares me to try and learn. Can anyone identify?

As a survivor of horrible trauma, I can't go about this like a "normal" person would. I cannot expect myself to sit down, calmly scour employment ads, and confidently tailor my resume and cover letters to each one of them in an orderly, organized fashion. I can't! It's not right to beat myself...

I won't make this lengthy. Greetings, PTSD Forum! I'm glad to have found this place. I have lurked a bit before posting, which allowed me the insight of knowing that this forum is not a place for the very soft-hearted. People tend to be very frank here. I tend to be loyal to forums such as...